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Opinion/Letters To The Editor

‘Whining about ‘bad wolves’ again’

Give me a break, cattle growers. You’ve been on government dole for decades, running your stock all over our national forests and Bureau of Land Management public lands. Vicious government, ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Example of working hard to make a life’

I enjoyed reading the story, “I gotta do what I gotta do.” Armando Leiva and his wife, Heidi, are responsible parents, working multiple jobs to support their two children. It seems the main ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Career Innovation Center brainchild of Snowberger’

How exciting that Durango 9-R’s Career Innovation Center has reached fruition. It was the brainchild of former Superintendent Dan Snowberger, school board members and committed educators. Dr...

DATE: Dec 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Disingenuous claiming to be patriots’

You can wrap the flag around what you are doing, then try to sell that package as “patriotism” and, perhaps, some people will buy it. That is why con men enshrine the old saw, “There’s a suc...

DATE: Dec 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Want to be happier? Give’

Recent research shows that giving can increase your lifespan and make living more pleasurable. According to sources, giving or serving can lower your blood pressure, reduce your levels of co...

DATE: Dec 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Shelli Shaw, grow up’

At my 6th birthday party, the egg dropped from my spoon in the race. Since it was my birthday, I felt entitled to win, so I whined and pouted. My mother calmly explained the rules of both th...

DATE: Dec 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Leading GOP candidate ‘a fascist’

Hyperbole it is not. It’s clear the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president is a fascist. Criminally indicted, he is running to keep himself out of prison. And the Rep...

DATE: Dec 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

On Gaza: ‘Surprised things exploded?’

The Gaza Strip is less than one-tenth the size of La Plata County. Gaza’s population is 38 times the population of La Plata County – 2,100,000 versus 56,000. Half the population of Gaza is u...

DATE: Dec 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘What would sailors in USS Arizona say?’

Thursday, Dec. 7, was a day to remember what happened at Pearl Harbor. What would all those sailors entombed in the sunken USS Arizona think about our country right now? What would they thin...

DATE: Dec 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

RV park’s ‘negative impacts outweigh benefits’

There are many reasons to oppose the Roberts Village Camp Durango proposal. The density of the Roberts Resorts proposal is incompatible with the area. It increases concern for ecosystems in ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Monumental implications’ with RV park

I am shocked that the local Planning Department is so short of staff that they have to hire an out-of-town firm to study the feasibility of Roberts Resorts RV Park, an enormous project with ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Consider team behind candidate’

Although a candidate’s age can statistically increase or decrease the chances of becoming incapacitated during a term in office, there is no guarantee that a younger individual would prove a...

DATE: Dec 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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